Saturday before Christmas

We were out and about running last minute errands before Christmas and we stopped by City Park to let Em run around and enjoy the weather. I wonder how old she will be when it stops being cool to have your parents take a picture EVERY time you climb to the top of something...

 

Veteran's Chapel

I never posted pics of the Veterans Chapel Performance the Lower School had at Dunham last month.  Em had a small speaking part.  The kids made a Patriotic poster for the parade.

 

Duncan Dog

Duncan Dog is loving the new house, but mostly the new yard.  We had no trees at the old house, so we had no squirrels.  He spends hours chasing and hunting and at times you can hear the squirrels screaming at his from a branch or the fence.

 

It all starts here

The Easy Bake Oven...  She was so excited to have gotten one.  So, we made pretzel sticks so far.

 

Aunt Holly gave Emerson this super cute Snoopy Gingerbread House kit. It had 4 houses to decorate.  Jackson hung out with us this day, so he decorated 2 and she decorated 2.  These are em's 2 houses. 

Christmas 2012

Since we did not put up a tree this year, we had to take pictures in front of my parents tree.

 

For some reason I have very few pictures of Christmas morning this year.  I videoed more I guess.  I think Denny has a few on his phone, so I need to get those.  She got a few things off her list, like a new bike and a Wii.  She has been playing the Wii a good bit, but not as much as I thought she would be.  She did get an Easy Bake oven and I have some pics of that I will post next.  Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.  It seemed so different in the new house.  I guess the newness of it all and no decorations.  Christmas Day brought water issues with one of the Hot Water Heaters.  Luckily we have 2 units, so we only had to replace one at this point.  Just one of the perks of home ownership.  So, what did we get from Santa this year... a new water heater.  Hot water that does not look like mud is a good thing...

Simple

Home for the Holidays

I have been getting questions about why I have not posted any new house pics.  Well, just not enough time in the day and well not much to take pics of yet.  We aren't decorating this year.  When Denny first suggested this I admit I had a hard time imagining the thought.  But, it has turned out to be the best thing and has allowed us to focus on getting settled and just not stressing about the Holidays.  Here are a few pics of what we did decorate...

 



 

We had a discussion with Emerson about not decorating this year and she really was not the least bit concerned about it- as long as her trees were put up IN HER ROOM.  She happy!

Dunham Breakfast with Santa

I guess you could say we have been doing the Breakfast with Santa circuit the last 2 weekends.  This was our first year to attend the one that Dunham puts on, but it will not be the last.  SO, SO cute and well done.

 

 

Em and Mandi after the breakfast.

 



 

Santa 2012

Shaw Breakfast with Santa always produces the best picture I think. This year did not disappoint. She just looks so big...